Can we identify sources of fine particles respnsible for exercise-induced ischemia on days with elevated air pollution? The ULTRA study

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 655-660

  Lanki, Timo ^a   de Hartog, Jeroen J ^b   Heinrich, Joachim ^c   Hoek, Gerald ^b   Janssen, Nicole A H ^d   Peters, Annette ^c   Stölzel, Mattthias ^c   Timonen, Kirsi L ^e,f   Vallius, Marko ^a   Vanninen, Esko ^e,f   Pekkanen, Juha ^a,f  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^e KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cardiovascular disease; Elements; Soot; Vehicle emission

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; CARBON; CHLORINE; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; POTASSIUM; SILICON; SULFUR; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERMANY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOOT; SPRING; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; TRAFFIC;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 33646380627     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8578     Document Type: Article

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